Automatic locking means for rotary safe or vault doors.



PATENTED JUNE 2'7, 1905.

W. BRlNTON.

AUTOMATIC LOOKING MEANS FOR. ROTARY SAFE 0R VAULT DOORS.

APPLIOATION FILED OOT. 3,1904.

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AUTOMATIC LOOKING MEANS FOR ROTARY SAFE OR VAULT DOORS.

APPLICATION FILED oo'r. 3,1904.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TV ALTER BRINTON, OF TITO-FIBRIDGE, NETV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO TAYLOR IRON AND STEEL COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NET V JERSEY.

AUTOMATIC LOCKING MEANS FOR ROTARY SAFE OR VAULT DOORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 793,176, dated June 27, 1905.

Application filed October 3, 1904. Serial No. 226,907.

To 'w/wm/ it y l As hereinbefore stated, the present im- Be it known that I, ALTER BRINTON, a citiproved locking means is particularly well zen of the United States, residing in Highadapted for use in connection with that form bridge, in the county of Hunter-don and State of door shown in my said contemporaneously- 5 of New Jersey, have invented certain new and pending applications, in which the body and useful Improvements in Automatic Locking rotary door are provided with locking-lugs Means for Rotary Safe or Vault Doors, of having straight or plane 'taced or meeting which the following is a specification. ends. For locking the door to its seat against The present invention relates to automatic rotary movementat'ter such door has been in- IO locking means for rotary safe or vault doors, serted and rotated to have the lugs of the door the object of the invention being to provide engage the lugs of the body a pair of oppoan improved mechanism of this character sitely-shit'table bolts 2 are provided,thejamb which is readily attachable to the ordinary ot' the body being provided with openings 3, timing and automatic mechanism, such as a into which soft-metal or steel inserts A are 10- 15 Yale 8: Towne device, for use therewithwithcated, which may be fitted to snugly inclose out change thereof and which is etl'ective withthe ends of the bolts, the ends of which may out the addition of other springs or motive be slightly beveled or tapered to facilitate the power than those provided in the automatic starting of the bolts into the jamb. These itself. bolts, which are shown as cylindrical in form,

20 The present invention is particularly deare shittably mounted each in an insert 5,

signed for use in connection with that form carried by the metal of the door, which inof safe shown and described in my contemposerts in the present instance are shown located raneously-pending applications, Serial No. in a rearwardly-extending flange 6, project- '19a,655, tiled February 23, 19%, now Patent ing from the body 7 of the door, the insert 25 No. 771,704, dated October l, 190%, and Sebeing located in position during the casting rial No. 226,1 12, tiled September 29, 190-1, of the door and having one or more annular where it is desired to lock such a door against ribs or shoulders b for locking it in position rotary movement without the provision of a with the metal of the door. spindle for controlling the looking-bolts, as The inner ends of the bolts are pivotally 0 shown and described in my contemporaneconnected to a pair of links 9, which are piv-- ously-pendingapplication, Serial No. 226KB, oted in turn to a toggle member 10, pivotally 8o tiled October 1, 1901-that is to say, the pressupported by a stud or pin 11, projecting from ent rotarydoor-locking means is intended to the body of the door. This toggle member be entirely automatic. is of angular formation, and to the apex is con- 35 In the drawings accompanying and formnected a connector or link 12, the opposite end ing part of this specification, Figure 1 is a of which is secured to the end of the pin or rear view of a safe or vault door, illustrating stud 13, which projects from the plunger or this improved locking means in readiness to carriage 1a of the automatic A and by means A be protracted when the door is linall y seated. of which the bolts are shifted. This construc- 40 Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view thereof, taken tion provides a togglemechanism, so that when in line a a, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view subthe bolts are shot home they are locked, by stantially similar to that shown in Fig. 1, but means of the toggle-levers, against retracshowing the door seated in its jamb with the tion other than by the proper manipulation of bolts fully protracted into such jamb, and Fig. the automatic, since, as will be seen, the po- 45 at is a partly-sectional view of the door seated sition of the toggle member 10 when the bolts in its jamb with the bolts protracted. are shot out with relation to each link 9 is .Similar characters of reference designate such that the line of its pivotal axis passes corresponding parts in the several figures of through the pivotal axes of the links 9, so that the drawings. the bolts are on a dead-center and form a continuous straight bolt. For operating the toggle member, thereby to shoot the bolts when the door is properly seated in its jamb, a suitable bolt or tripper 15 is provided, which is carried in a sleeve 16, substantially similar to the sleeves through which the bolts project, and located in the door-flange in a similar manner. This bolt is spring-pressed outwardly by means of a spiral spring 17, encircling the same in the rear of the head of such bolt. The other end of said spring engages a shoulder 18 on the sleeve. The inner end of this bolt is connected to a bell-crank or angle lever 19, pivotally supported on a plate, which may also be used to support the automatic A and timing mechanism B and which in the present instance is shown secured to an annular shoulder 20, located within the chamber 21, formed by the rearwardly-extending flange of the door. The noseQQ or free end of this anglelever is in position to engage a projection or tooth 23 of the connector or link 12 and is effective not only to release the same to permit the bolts to be shot when the door is properly seated, but also acts to prevent the shooting of the bolts until the door has been properly seatedthat is to say, in practice of course the automatic and timing mechanisms are set before the door 'is closed-and the setting of the locking-levers and latch (not shown) of the automatic tends to shift the carriage or plunger of said automatic outwardly, which of course, owing to its connection with the toggle member, would shoot the bolts, and thus prevent the door from closing, owing to the projection of such bolts beyond the periphery of the door. To prevent this, the locking device is in such position when the door is opened that it engages a projection of the toggle-connector 12, so that when the automatic is set its carriage or plunger 14 is prevented from moving, notwithstanding the levers and latch which are intended to lock it in its protracted position may be set. hen, however, the door is finally seated in its jamb, the end of the plunger, which will be beveled, comes into engagement with a lug of the body as the door finally rotates to its proper position, and such plunger is gradually, owing to its beveled end, pressed inwardly and shifts the locking device free from the tooth of the toggle-connector 12, whereupon the carriage or plunger 14: of the automatic under the action of its springs shoots outwardly, swinging the toggle-connector 12 with it, and thereby the toggle-links, and shooting the bolts into their proper openings in the jamb. hen the timing mechanism B has run down and the automatic tripped in the usual manner, the retraction of the plunger or carriage of such automatic moves the toggle-connector 12 into the position shown in Fig. 1, thereby shifting the toggle-links and retracting the bolts in a manner which will be readily understood.

In practice the bolts may be made as a single member or the heads may be connected to the shank by means of threads, as shown herein.

The door is provided with an annular shoulder or step 6, which engages the outer or front faces of the body-lugs, and thus limits the inward movement of the door.

By the term automatic as used herein is intended to mean a power device now Well known to and called by the trade an automatic, which is a means such as or similar in organization or operation to the Yale& T owne device heretofore referred to.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. A safe or vault comprising a body and an integral door, each having integral lockinglugs provided with plane-faced meeting ends, and the door having a shoulder or step for engagement with a corresponding step of the body, and automatically-controlled bolt mechanism comprising one or more bolts carried by the door and projected intermediate the shoulder and a lug thereof for locking the door against rotary movement.

2. A safe or vault comprising a body and an integral door, each having integral lockinglugs provided with plane-faced meeting ends, and the door having a shoulder or step for engagement with a corresponding step of the body, and automatically controlled toggleshifted bolt mechanism comprising one or more bolts carried by the door and projected intermediate the shoulder and a lug thereof for locking the door against rotary movement.

3. An unmachineable-metal safe or vault door having a machineable-metal insert located therein during the casting of such door, and provided with one or more projections or shoulders for interlocking it with the metal of the door, and having an opening therethrough for the passage of a member or bolt.

1. An unmachineable-metal safe or vault door comprising a body and a rearwardlyextending integral flange having a machineable-metal insert transversely located therein during the casting of such door, and provided with one or more annular projections or shoulders for interlocking it with the metal of the door, and having an opening therethrough for the passage of a member or bolt.

5. A safe or vault door bolting mechanism comprising a plurality of oppositely-movable bolts, links pivotally connected thereto, a toggle member connected to said links, an automatic having a plunger or carriage, and a connector connecting said toggle member with the plunger or carriage and effective through 11? automatic to both protract and retract the 6. A safe or vault door bolting mechanism comprising a plurality of oppositely-movable bolts, links pivotally connected thereto, a toggle member connected to said links, an automatic having a plunger or carriage, and a connector connecting said toggle member with the plunger or carriage and effective through the automatic to both protract and retract the bolts, and means for preventing the protraction of the bolts by the automatic until the door is seated and rotated to its final position.

7. A safe or vault door bolting mechanism comprisinga pair of oppositely-movable bolts, a pair of links pivotally connected thereto, a pivotally-supported toggle member connected to said links with its axial pivot in line with the pivotal connections between said toggle member and links and said links and bolts, so that when the bolts are shot out they will be in their dead-center position, and automatic means for protracting and retracting said bolts.

8. A safe or vaultdoor bolting mechanism comprising a pair of oppositely-movable bolts, a pair of links pivotally connected thereto, a pivotally-supportcd toggle memberconnected to said links with its axial pivot in line with the pivotal connections between said toggle member and links and said links and bolts, so that when the bolts are shot out they will be in their dead-center position, and means for protracting and retracting said bolts, said means comprising a time-locked tripped automatic.

9. A safe or vault door bolting mechanism comprisinga pairof oppositely-movable bolts,

a pair of links pivotally connected thereto, a pivotally-supported toggle member connected to said links with its axial pivot in line with the pivotal connections between said toggle member and links and said links and bolts, so that when the bolts are shot out they will be in their dead-center position, means for protracting and retracting said bolts comprising an automatic connected with said toggle member, and means for preventing the protraction of the bolts after the automatic is set and until the door is linally seated and comprising a locking device engaging a part of said mechanism, and a spring-pressed plunger in position to be operated when the door is finally seated and rotated.

10. Anintegral, unmachineable-metal safe or vault door having a plurality of machineable-metal inserts located therein each having its outer end terminating adjacent to the edge or jamb surfaces of the door, one of said parts having one or more projections or shoulders for inlocking such insert with the metal of the door, and each of said inserts having an opening therethrough for the passage of a member or bolt.

\VAL ER BRIN TON.

itnesses:

JACOB S'LRUBLE, PERCIVAL Moons. 

